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This review discusses means for straightening ventral curvature >30°, and then subsequent urethroplasty using either one-stage flaps or two-stage flaps or grafts. The wide variation in reported results from these various techniques makes determination of best management difficult; however, it is clear that complications for repairs done in major centers can range to ≥50 %. Given the rarity of proximal hypospadias with ventral curvature >30°, which occurs in approximately 400 newborns annually in the USA, centers should refer these cases to subspecialists within the group who can then develop and maintain expertise.
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Snodgrass, W., Bush, N. Surgery for Primary Proximal Hypospadias with Ventral Curvature >30°. Curr Urol Rep 16, 69 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-015-0543-5
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